“I did this.”
Eric said, watching his unconscious daughter on the bed, her wrist was bandage from the deep cut she made in suicide attempt. “You didn’t! I did!” I lamented, feeling awful. “No! You did the best thing!” He said, holding my arms. “I was too hard on her, she’s just a kid..” “She’ll be fine, okay?” “If we had taken her on the vacation as well like you suggested…” “She’ll be fine.” I repeated, squeezing his hand a little. Just then, Isabel shifted on her bed and opened her eyes to us. “My darling! You’re awake..” Eric quickly rushed to hold her in his arms. “Daddy..” she muttered, wincing as she tried to sit up. “I’m sorry my gummy bear, daddy will never you leave you again, I’m so sorry, forgive me.” He continuously said as he held her to himself, shutting his eyes. I went teary with the way he loved his daughter, I wished I had a Dad that loved me this way, a dad that never left. Kate recently moved in with Mr Marcelo, they were moving quickly in their relationship and her daughter, Kendall accepted him already as a father, not to mention the father-daughter school dance he went to as her father a few days ago. I never got to visit Kate the other day due to the whole secret admirer charade and even now, on my way from her home, a black car kept following me, it made every turn I made until I got to Eric’s estate. Someone was definitely stalking me. I found Isabel playing her piano for the first time in her room, I was memorized by her talent, she was really good at it, she was a talented young girl. She didn’t deserve to be hidden but then, her Dad was a public figure and the world was a cruel place. “Can’t you just leave me alone!?” She snapped as I entered with cupcakes. “I brought you home made cupcakes.” I offered. “I don’t want them.” She was being difficult but I wasn’t backing down. I sat on her dresser chair and ignored the fact that she was watching me with a very scary look. “I liked a boy that was really good with a piano in high school.” I told her and she frowned in confusion. “We were pretty close and he asked me out to prom, he died two nights before prom.” Her face suddenly loosened up and I kept going, “I’ve never met my dad. My mom’s sick with leukemia, something I had to deal with for years but now she’s having a stem cell transplant surgery…” “Why are you telling me all this?” She asked. “Nobody has it easy, Isabel. You just have to loosen up and let people who love you in..” “Are you the people?” “I can be.” I shrugged. She rolled her eyes. “I want real friends, actual friends.” She told me. “Edwin was my first and only boyfriend..” “I understand but you should be with boys your own age..” “Boys my own age don’t know I exist and even if they do, they’ll laugh at me! My own mom left me with my daddy. Everybody always leaves so I try to not get attached in the first place.” She blurted out. I could see the sadness in her eyes and I really wished I could help her. I thought of something. “I could talk to your Dad, there’s a really cool music club down town, it’s a nice place for talented kids like you, you could meet new friends, only a few kids go there.” “My Dad would never agree.” “Why don’t you leave that to me.” I said to her with a small smile. She looked at me strangely for a second. “None of the others tried to befriend me. Why are you doing it? Did he promise you money?” “No. I care about your Dad and you mean the world to him so I care about you too.” “Do you really love my Dad, Liv?” She asked, calling me Liv for the first time and in a gentle tone too. “Yes. I’d never hurt him.. or you?” I told her. “Then why did you kiss that guy?” She asked and my heart beat accelerated. She still remembered that! “I was unconscious. He’s a bad guy, I didn’t kiss him, he kissed me, look, it’s all very complicated but believe me when I say I would never cheat on your dad.” I replied her, I waited for her to say something but she doesn’t. “Can we be friends now?” I asked. She sighed and then stood up to take the cupcakes which gladdened my heart. “I’ll think about it..” She told me and tried not to smile but I caught it already. I left her room, relieved that we could be friends. I didn’t have a job based on the contract, at first I was okay with it but lately it felt like I had no life outside Eric. He was barely home as he got called for endless meetings, I missed his presence a lot and I wanted to see him. So, I went to his company. “Good day ma’am, how can I help you?” A pretty blonde receptionist asked behind a table. She was like an AI generated office lady. “I’m looking for Mr Ferraro.” I told her. She gave me a concerning look. “Mr Ferraro? The CEO?” She asked. “Yes.” “Can I see your company letter of meeting?” “Letter of meeting?” “A letter your company signed for you to meet him. You surely can’t be here on your own.” She said, looking at me disdainfully. “I’m here on my own.” I told her, mustering up confidence. “You can’t see him ma’am.” “I’m— “Good day miss.” Rude. Absolutely rude. I shook my head and pulled out my phone from my black channel purse and called Eric. “Hi baby.” I said immediately he picked. “I’m in your company but a..” I squinted at the lady’s ID card. “Laura Grant won’t let me in.” I looked over at Laura and she looked so pissed. Good. “Thank you baby.” I added and ended the call. Just then, Laura’s telecom rang and she picked it. “I’m sorry sir, I’ll let her in immediately.” She said and dropped the phone. “You may go in.” She gritted and I almost laughed. I gave her a fake smile and cat walked away. I was led by a security to Eric’s office and sat while waiting for him. His office was large with awards hung on a broad shelf. There was also a handsome portrait of him in a dark suit and a cute photo of Isabel on his table. “Tell Rick to finish up the meeting with HR and draw up a schedule for next week..” I heard him say on his phone as he entered. “Hi..” I smiled, happy to see my handsome billionaire boyfriend—if I could call him that. “Oh God, you’re a sight for sore eyes.” He groaned as I stood up and hugged him. “Did you just leave your meeting for me?” “A princess shouldn’t be kept waiting.” He grinned and kissed me. The kiss went on for minutes as he caressed my whole body and we made noisy kissing sound. I started feeling his Erection against my tummy and I could feel my vibrating pussy drenching my panties. “This is an office.” I whispered between kisses. “My office.” He replied, trailing kisses down my neck. “Anyone could walk in.” I pointed out. He gave me a wolfish grin and pressed something on his table and I heard the door click. “It’s locked.” Oh, he wasn’t backing down so we continued kissing like teenagers in a dark alley. “I’ve always thought about eating you right here on this table.” He rasped, breaking the kiss. I bit my lips at his statement and pushed my cleavage at him. “Then do it.” He wasted no time in picking me up and placing me on his desk filled with documents. He hurriedly pulled up my stretchy dress and almost tore my Victoria secret panties as he took it off me. I waited in anticipation as I spread my legs apart, accommodating him between my legs. “Oh yes!” I moaned as he took a big swipe on my cunt. He took many more and French kissed my entire pussy, almost making me come in the process. He tongue fucked my dripping cunt, making slurpy sounds as he ate me out and honestly, I felt he enjoyed giving me head more than I did. I was close, so close to coming when he pulled away and straightened up. “Eric— I whispered, my mind foggy from withheld orgasm. “You’ll come when I get home, do you understand?” What!? “Eric, no, no please baby, I have to come..” I begged like a slut I was whenever I was with him. He chuckled as i writhed on his desk and I took my fingers to rub my needy clit but he slapped them away carefully. “I said you’d come when I get home, I’m not done with you.” He said sternly. I swallowed and nodded, obeying my owner. “Good girl.” He rasped. “I’ll get you a new car if you keep behaving properly, alright?” Another car? What a sweet sexy man. “Okay sir.” I smiled, biting my lips and glancing at his protruding erection. “It’ll go down.” He said and helped me down from his table. “You’re so pretty, you know that?” He whispered and kissed my neck. “Well, a certain silver fox tells me that all the time.” I giggled. He gave my ass a small squeeze and a deep kiss on my forehead. I felt that, it was like he was telling me things he couldn’t say with that kiss. There were things I couldn’t say either. I stopped at the mall on my way home to get some lingerie as I thought of more happy time with Eric, when I was done and heading to my car, I met a lady waiting by my car. She was a stunning blonde, red lipstick, perfect make up, fur coat and awesome heels. She was the type of lady that could get all the attention in the room. “Um, excuse me, this is my car.” I told her in a not so confident voice. “I know.” She said, her piercing blue eyes dead on mine. Okay, this was weird. “Who are you?” I asked. She smiled in a way that scared me and ran her eyes from my head to toe. “I’m Dana Gilbert. Isabel’s mother.” She said, proudly. Isabel’s mother!? My heart skipped a beat.It took me a good few seconds to find my words. The mother of Eric’s child was standing right before me!“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said, trying to act oblivious.“Oh please, let’s not play dumb.” She scoffed. “Eric couldn’t find some model or a grown up to fuck?”Her harsh words made my ears tingled.“Excuse me, I have to leave.” I muttered and hurried to the driver seat door.“Do me a favor, when he’s fucking you tonight, moan that you saw Dana Gilbert, the love of his life and the mother of his only child.”She said and then cat walked away in her red bottom heels.I was left speechless.I sat in my bedroom, in a state of many emotions but regret topped it all. Eric never spoke of Isabel’s mother and I hadn’t really thought about her but meeting her unlocked so many deep thoughts.“Hey baby..”He said, trying to kiss me but I stepped back. He looked surprised, he just returned from work and came up straight to my room.“I saw Dana Gilbert today.” I told hi
Eric and I stared at each other probably thinking the same thing; why was Dana at his door? “Stay here.” He ordered me and rushed away but after contemplating for a moment, I followed him. I needed to know why she was here. “Oh there she is— Dana Gilbert clapped as I stepped into the lounge. She was at the door and Eric was obstructing her from coming in while Greta stood at a corner watching. “I thought I told you to stay back.” He scowled at me. “Seems she’s not a lap dog like the others.” Dana laughed. “Quite the silver fox you’ve turned into, fucking little girls and— “What are you doing here?” He interrupted. “I came to see my daughter.” She shrugged, like it was a casual thing for her to stop by and see the girl she abandoned for years. “What daughter? My daughter?” “Our daughter!” She snapped at Eric. “You’re not my mom.” Someone said suddenly and we all turned to see Isabel. “Isabel, my darling..” Dana clutched her invisible pearls and pushed Er
I still hadn’t told Lisa about Eric especially now that we weren’t on speaking terms which was why I least expected her to be at my door with Eric in my room and on my bed!“Lisa! What are you doing here!?” I half whispered, blocking her entrance.“Why are you whispering and let me in! Is he in there!? He’s in there isn’t he!?”“Who are you talking about!? No one’s in there!” I lied but she didn’t believe me so she shoved me aside and entered .“Lisa! Stop it!” I snapped, following her wherever she checked for him. She checked the kitchen, beside my couches, beside my TV set and then headed to the bedroom.“You’ve been fucking some rich guy and I’m gonna find out who he is!”She said as she entered my bedroom and I was relieved that Eric wasn’t in sight.“Where is he!?” She twirled.“Will you stop this Lisa!? There’s no guy here!”“You’re lying! An Aston Martin brought him here an hour ago! I saw it!”How on earth did she know that!?“Have you been spying on me!?”“As if!”
I watched Eric pace around, making calls on the phone for the pictures to be taken down. This was a mess! He had tried to never let his personal life out there, he had a reputation to uphold and this could damage it. I valued my personal life also, I didn’t want to be publicly known as a mistress for hire. I didn’t want my personality centered around being Eric’s paid mistress! “I’m being followed.” I told him as he ended his seventh call. “Followed?” He asked, concerned. “Yes.” I nodded. “I didn’t want to alarm you but during the vacation, while I was in a mall, there was a guy wearing a cap taking pictures of me..” He stood in silence for a moment. “You should have told me, Liv. You can’t keep things like that!” He said in an angry tone. “Like I said, I didn’t want to alarm you, I thought it was nothing but I think I’m still being followed.” Eric exhaled and tossed his phone on the bed. He looked at me with a some sort of scolding look. I didn’t like it. “You should be carefu
I opened my eyes to a cold dark room, my head throbbed painfully from the hard hit. I tried to massage my temples but I noticed my hands were bound in a rope. I have been abducted!“My, my, my, look who we have here.”A familiar voice said in the dark, making me gasp.I watched curiously as a figure surfaced from the darkness. It was Jeremy!“Jeremy!” I gasped again, frightened. He laughed darkly as he walked closer to me. I tried to move away but I was stuck.“You don’t know how long I’ve fantasized about this, me and you here.” “Where is this place!” I asked, looking around.“It’s an old farm house owned by my cannibal uncle.”He said and that sounded so creepy. “Let me go!” I shouted.“We’re in the middle of nowhere Liv, best you save your strength, no one’s gonna be saving you, not even that old lover of yours.”Of course, he knew about Eric! He must have been spying on me too! Wait, what if…“You sent Rob to drop those followers and gifts, didn’t you?”I asked,
I shivered in Eric’s strong arms as I was taken home in a limo. The police had arrived just in time, I couldn’t even think about what would have happened if they hadn’t, Jeremy almost raping me kept me in a perpetual state of distortion, but, everything was okay now. I was with my man and Jeremy in police custody.“I thought I would go mad. I wondered where you were or what you were doing, if you were crying…” Eric said in a low shaky voice.We were on my bed, cuddled up as he kissed my wet hair. I had a very much needed cold bath but couldn’t eat dinner because I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. Eric had been by my side since he carried me away from that creepy old house. I could still see the fear and worry in his eyes.“How did you find me?” I asked.“I got Rob arrested, he confessed to working for a Jeremy Grayson and I had Jeremy tracked down.” He explained to me.I exhaled, grateful that I was found just in time.“I was so scared. I thought I’d never be free and he tried
I knew Eric had contract relationships with other women, they were the ‘others’ that he never spoke about but then, meeting one of them had me dismayed . How did she even know who I was or that I was there? Was she following me? God, no, not again. I still hadn’t recovered from the trauma of getting abducted by Jeremy.“I’m sorry, I really have to go.”I told her hurriedly.“Wait.” She held me back and her cold touch irritated my skin.“I’m not trying to hurt you or anything, I just want us to be friends.”She said.“Friends?”I asked, confused.“Yes. I want to help you.”She told me and tried to touch me again but I moved back.“Help me with what?”“With Eric.” She said lHe’s not as good as you think he is, he is a sick man.”“Excuse me—I didn’t want to hear whatever she had to say. I had enough problems already.“Please, don’t tell him that you saw me here, please..”She begged as I walked out of the bathroom.Would there ever be a normal day for me as Eric’s contrac
By morning, Eric was out of bed before I woke up. I started my day in a bad mood because he had let me go to sleep in tears and I just felt like he didn’t care about my feelings and maybe he didn’t really love me—or maybe I was being too dramatic. I had to cheer myself up with my Ariana grande playlist because there was no way I was going to Kate’s engagement party in a sour mood.“You look pretty.”Isabel said as she knocked and entered my room. I was putting on my gold earrings—courtesy Eric, did I even own anything bought with my own money?“Thanks. I’m going for Kate’s wedding.”I told her, sliding my hands down my emerald satin dress. My hair was styled in a neat bun and my makeup was only a red lipstick and thick mascara.“I know, Kendall told me, we chat a lot.”She shrugged.“That’s sweet Isabel, You have a nice friend now.”“I know, right. She’s such a cool friend. I wish I can come with you, you know, to see her.”She said, sadly.“Isabel, your Dad—”“You can talk
A Vacation. That was what I needed. Not a father/daughter relationship with a man that abandoned me before my birth and went ahead to have a family elsewhere. He sacrificed my happiness for his and that was honestly not easy to forget or forgive. I’ve refused to see him after the test and didn’t even wait for Eric to book me a flight before booking one with Lisa. I had sent a short text telling him I would be gone for a few days. Lisa had suggested a one week stay in Utah, she had a very rich Aunt who was a fortune teller, she was once married to a prince in Africa but they had no kids, she got all of his inheritance after his death and relocated to Utah. I just needed to get away from the everyday drama. “Isn’t Eric upset you travelled without his knowledge?” Lisa asked as our ride made a turn towards an estate. “He’s not the boss of me.” I sighed, looking out the window. “I know but he’s kind of like your… Daddy.” I squeezed my eyes shut and tried not to cr
“What if I made a mistake?”I asked Lisa as she greedily ate one of my vanilla cupcakes . I just reopened my bakery and was still contemplating on fully moving in with Eric.“About moving to California with that jerk? Nope.”She replied, casually.“I don’t know, Lis, I feel like things might be weird between Eric and I again.”“Things like what, Liv? Do you know how many girls would kill to be with Eric? By the way, you know I’m launching my own show next week so I need Eric as my launch guest.”“Eric doesn’t do things like that. He hates publicity.”I told her.“Oh please, he’d break all the rules for you.”She winked at me and I held back a wide smile.“I’ll think about it.”“Thanks bestie. Now, can I have another of your wonderful cupcakes ?”She asked and I shook my head as I handed her another.“I’m meeting Anson today. Eric wants us to discuss the DNA test.”Lisa looked up from her phone, a bitten cupcake held to her mouth.“Do you want the test done?”She asked
I got a call from Lisa that she was sick and needed me to drive her to the hospital so I hurried over to her place.I was driving towards the city hospital but suddenly, she asked me to pull over at a restaurant to get some food which sounded weird at first but then I had to.“Happy birthday, Olivia!”I was startled by a few familiar faces that greeted me as I entered the restaurant which was decorated in a pink birthday theme.“Oh my God.”I gasped, greatly surprised.It was a surprise party! For me!I had forgotten my own Twenty second birthday!“Kate!”I squealed, excited to see her after weeks. She was present amongst other few friends.She smiled, hurrying towards me and we hugged.Mr Marcelo was present too!“Happy birthday, Olivia.”He told me with one of his gentle smiles. He was really a good man for Kate as they both were glowing together.“Thank you, when did you guys arrive?”“This morning, we stayed at a hotel until Lisa called us here to surprise you!”Ka
I couldn’t reject the sixth date request from Sean plus I was already feeling guilty about how I spoke to him the last time he was here and I couldn’t even pick up his incessant calls or reply his texts. Accepting this date was the best way to apologize to him. “I cannot wait for you to move to California with me, there’s this really nice sea food restaurant around my office, you’ll love it.” Sean told me as we ate lunch together in a nice peaceful restaurant. “When are you moving back there?” I asked him, sipping from my drink. “Uh, couple weeks.” He shrugged. “That’s enough time for you to pack up right?” He asked and I paused for a moment. “I think.” I replied, unsure. “You do want to move to California, right? It’s a really good place for you to start again and I’ll be there to— “Sean, I’m still thinking about it, alright?” I said, quickly as I dropped my cutleries. There was a small scowl on his face before he forced a smile back. “You
The look on Eric’s face was similar to the one he had when I told him about Isabel and her therapist, Edwin. He was super mad, his attractive features all tight and forbidding. He must have gotten the wrong idea of the situation.I opened my mouth to explain but he smashed the bouquet to the ground and spun around, stomping away.“Eric, wait!”I called after him.“What the fuck, Liv!”He shouted, angrily.“Eric, it’s not what you think!”I held his arm, turning him around to look at me.“Who’s he? Your new man? Your new Daddy? You replaced me?”He spluttered, his eyes red and glassy.“Calm down, it’s not like that!”“Fuck!”He muttered, pain painted hardly on his face.“Eric, listen to me, look at me..” I touched his hard face, trying to calm him down.“He’s just a friend, we didn’t have sex, it’s not what it looks like.”I assured him and his eyes slowly softened.“Liv, is everything alright?”I heard Sean ask.“Yes Sean, everything is—I was interrupted by the swi
When I was little, I would draw imaginary pictures of my Dad, wondering what he looked like, if he had blue or green eyes, if his hair was black or brown or blonde. My mother never spoke about him even when I asked, all I ever wanted was to meet him and now, he was right in front of me.“Olivia, you’ve grown so much—“Stop!”I snapped, halting his movements towards me.He could be lying, I’ve never met my Dad, I didn’t know what he looked like and neither should he know what I looked like because he left before I was even born. He shouldn’t even know my name but then, there was this unexplainable familiarity I felt between us.“How do you know my name?”I asked, scowling deeper.“Because I’ve been trying to contact you for months now, I only just met an old friend of your mom’s and I—He stopped, his bright hopeful eyes turned dull with sadness.“She’s dead.”I told him, almost choking on my words.“I know.”He nodded, looking to the ground, his expression regretful.“Wel
Everything I did, I did for her, now it was all for nothing, pointless. My mom died, after everything, she died.Kate had to cancel her honeymoon flight to attend the funeral which by the way, was a brief one and the tears were unending.We returned to my apartment to pack up my stuff, I couldn’t live there anymore, memories of my mom were everywhere, I had to move.“Liv, someone’s here to see you.”Kate told me a few minutes after I settled in.It was Sean.“Sean.”I called, receiving his hug.He felt so nice and warm and his cool cologne tickled my nerves.“I’m deeply sorry for missing the funeral, my flight was delayed..”“It’s fine. I promise.”I told him, reflexively splaying my hands on his chest.We couldn’t take our eyes off each other for seconds until Kate faked a cough.“Okay, I’ll go make dinner.”She winked at me and left.Sean and I chuckled and went ahead to sit.“So uh, how’s California?”I asked, trying to start up a conversation.“Nice.”He shrugged.
When I got to Eric’s house, I met him in the gardens staring at the roses with so much attentiveness that he didn’t know when I was directly beside him.“Eric.”I called and he jumped a little before turning to me. What was he thinking about?“Just three days and it felt like three years.”He muttered, his eyes taking in all of me.I noticed his eyes were sad and had dark circles around them like he hadn’t slept since I left. In fact he looked thinner and a bit pale.“You didn’t call or texted so I assumed you didn’t want to see me.”I shrugged.“Why didn’t you call me to pay for your bakery reconstruction ? You spent so much of your money doing that.”He asked.“I wanted to do it myself. I had the money thanks to you.”I told him.He looked at me for a moment and then exhaled.“Let’s go inside.”He said and held my hand. I hesitated for a moment before following him.We sat in the lounge in different chairs and I kept looking out for Isabel’s appearance but it didn’t c
In about five hours, Eric was in Las Vegas and there was an immediate search for Isabel. It was dark and raining outside as we stayed in doors hoping for the best outcome of the search."Any news?"I asked Eric who has been dead silent since he arrived. He sat alone at the diner deep in thoughts and that made me feel really unsettled, coupled with the fact that Isabel was missing, everything was a mess."None."He muttered, clenching his jaw."Baby, I promised, she'll be found..""When?"He asked, turning to me, his gaze was harsh."Soon."I assured him. He exhaled and shook his head."If only you had listened, if only you would just respect the boundaries I set for the safety of my daughter none of this would have happened." He told me and those words left me speechless for a few seconds."Eric, this isn't my fault." I told him."Then is it mine?"He asked, his eyes red rimmed. His attitude was beginning to scare me."You know what? It is actually mine, I let you dictate